The Vargem Grande Estate Coffee is located in a privileged area, at the base of the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, in a slightly undulated plateau with higher slopes. The altitude of the plantation area varies from 1100 to 1200 meters, with average temperatures during harvesting of about 14/15oC and during the agricultural year around 20oC. Another factor that contributes to the good quality of the coffees is rainfall distribution during the year, which from 1996 to 2000 was between 1200 and 1600 mm.During the harvest period (winter), is very low, almost zero, characterizing a cold/dry climate, which inhibits the activities of fungi and bacteria. The soil in the farm is predominantly podzolic with argillaceous gravel (Pc).The property possesses almost 11 hectares of native and untouched Atlantic Rain Forest, in which animals, plants and water sources are obstinately preserved.